Tag / Amy Matthewson
Revisiting ‘Ancestral Worship’
This week, our blog features a post by Raymond Mann, exploring the background to one of the photos in our China Glass Slide collection. This photo was previously labelled ‘Ancestral Worship’, but…
31 May 2024Risāla i-Shaṭranj or Chess Treatise – by Dr Amy Matthewson
Risāla i-Shaṭranj or Chess Treatise One of the more fascinating objects that is on display at the Royal Asiatic Society’s Extraordinary Endeavours: Celebrating 200 years of Communication, Collaboration and Dissemination exhibition…
13 October 2023Journal, Book Launches and Reviews
This week’s blog begins with an update from the Archivist: I am currently creating the catalogue for the records of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. It has been interesting to…
15 July 2022Book Launch – ‘Cartooning China: Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era’ By Dr Amy Matthewson
Thursday 19th May at 6.30pm Cartooning China” Punch, Power, and Politics in the Victorian Era explores the series of cartoons of China and the Chinese that were published in the popular British…
4 May 2022‘Knowledge’ and Image-Making in Glass Lantern Slides of China
Journal Update: We are pleased to announce that the April issue of the Society’s journal is available for Fellows to view on Cambridge Core, with its print companion being received by subscribers…
22 April 2021Celebrating our Collections
On Tuesday 26th March we held our third Collections Open Evening. It was a delight to welcome many people to view and hear about some of our Collections. The evening was introduced…
29 March 2019Upcoming RAS events: Collections Evening and lectures galore
On Tuesday 26 March 2019, at 6.30pm, the Royal Asiatic Society will host another Collections Open Evening. As with similar occasions in the past, the evening will feature a series of short…
21 February 2019The Royal Asiatic Society Collections Open Evening
On Tuesday 26 March 2019, at 6.30pm, the Royal Asiatic Society will host a Collections Open Evening. As with similar occasions in the past, the evening will feature a series of short…
28 January 2019Chinamania in the 1870s
On Tuesday 20th February, Amy Matthewson (SOAS) lectured on “Mr Punch and Chinamania: Blue Willow China and Consumer Consumption in ‘Punch’ Magazine, 1874-1880”. In that period Punch had run a series of…
22 February 2018